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Freshwater Fish Species (by sientific name)

In this section of the site you'll find information about how to keep a number of freshwater fish in aquariums. You can browse our Freshwater Fish profiles either by scientific name or by common name. Choose a species from the list below or click on a letter to see only species beginning with that letter.

Freshwater Fish species by scientific name:

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Freshwater Fish species by common name:

[ A |  B |  C |  D |  E |  F |  G |  H |  I |  J |  K |  L |  M |  N ]
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List 0f Freshwater Fish profiles by Scientific name:

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A:

Abramites hypselonotus
Acanthicus hystrix
Acantopsis dialuzona
Acestrorhynchus falcatus
Acestrorhynchus falcirostris
Acipenser Ruthenus
Aequidens metae
Aequidens pulcher
Aequidens rivulatus
Agamyxis pectinifrons
Alfaro cultratus
Altolamprologus calvus
Altolamprologus compressiceps
Amphilophus citrinellus
Amphilophus labiatus
Amphilophus robertsoni
Anomalochromis thomasi
Ancistrus dolichopterus
Apistogramma agassizii
Apistogramma borellii
Apistogramma cacatuoides
Apistogramma nijsseni
Apistogramma panduro
Apistogramma viejita
Aphyocharax anisitsi
Aphyosemion australe
Aphyosemion cinnamomeum
Aplocheilus lineatus
Apteronotus albifrons
Archocentrus centrarchus
Archocentrus octofasciatum
Arnoldichthys spilopterus
Astronotus ocellatus
Astronotus Ocellatus(2)
Astyanax mexicanus
Aulonocara baenschi
Aulonocara jacobfreibergi
Aulonocara hansbaenschi
Aulonocara maisoni
Aulonocara Maulana
Aulonocara stuartgranti
Aulonocara stuartgranti sp. Chilumba
Axelrodia stigmatias

B:

Badis Badis
Balantiocheilus melanoptrus
Barbus Everetti
Barbus titteya
Baryancistrus sp Golden Nugget Pleco L018
Bedotia geayi
Belonesox belizanus
Betta akarensis
Betta albimarginata
Betta anabatoides
Betta balunga
Betta bellica
Betta breviobesus
Betta brownorum
Betta burdigala
Betta channoides
Betta chini
Betta chloropharynx
Betta coccina
Betta dimidiata
Betta edithae
Betta enisae
Betta falx
Betta foerschi
Betta fusca
Betta hipposideros
Betta imbellis
Betta livida
Betta macrophthalma
Betta macrostoma
Betta miniopinna
Betta ocellata
Betta patoti
Betta persephone
Betta pi
Betta picta
Betta pinguis
Betta prima
Betta pulchra
Betta pugnax
Betta renata
Betta rubra
Betta rutilans
Betta schalleri
Betta simorum
Betta simplex
Betta smaragdina
Betta spilotogena
Betta splendens
Betta strohi
Betta taeniata
Betta tomi
Betta trifasciata
Betta tussyae
Betta unimaculata
Betta waseri
Boehlkea fredcochui
Botia berdmorei
Botia dario
Botia helodes
Botia kubotai
Botia lohachata
Botia morleti
Botia morleti
Botia sidthimunki
Botia striata
Boulengerella maculata
Brachyrhaphis episcopi
Brachyplatystoma Juruense
Bryconops melanurus

C:

Caquetaia umbrifera
Carnegiella strigata strigata
Carnegiella strigata strigata
Catoprion mento
Chaetostoma Milesi
Chalceus macrolepidotus
Chalinochromis popelin
Channa amphibeus
Channa argus
Channa asiatica
Channa aurantimaculata
Channa bankanensis
Channa baramensis
Channa barca
Channa gachua
Channa bleheri
Channa burmanica
Channa cyanospilos
Channa harcourtbutleri
Channa lucius
Channa maculata
Channa marulioides
Channa marulius
Channa melanopterus
Channa micropeltes
Channa nox
Channa orientalis
Channa panaw
Channa pleurophthalma
Channa punctata
Channa stewartii
Channa striata
Cichla monoculus
Chilotilapia rhoadesii
Chitala ornata
Cichlasoma festae
Cichlasoma grammodes
Cichlasoma portalegrense
Cichlasoma salvini
Cleithracara maronii
Cnesterodon decemmaculatus
Coius microlepis
Coius quadrifasciatus
Colisa lalia
Colossoma macropomum
Copadichromis azureus
Copadichromis borleyi
Corydora Aeneus
Corydoras Arcuatus
Corydoras Bilineatus
Corydoras Julii
Corydoras Leopardus
Corydoras paleatus
Corydoras Panda
Corydoras schwartzi
Corydoras Sterbai
Corydoras Trilineatus
Corynopoma riisei
Creagrutus beni
Crenicichla acutirostris
Crenicichla albopunctata
Crenicichla adspersa
Crenicichla alta
Crenicichla anthurus
Crenicichla brasiliensis
Crenicichla britskii
Crenicichla cametana
Crenicichla lacustris
Chromobotia macracanthus
Cryptoheros nanoluteus
Cryptoheros nigrofasciatus
Cryptoheros sajica
Cryptoheros sp. 'honduran red point' Ctenolucius hujeta
Cynotilapia afra
Cyphotilapia frontosa
Cyprinus carpio carpio

D:

Danio albolineatus
Danio aequipinnatus
Danio danglia
Danio hikari
Danio kyathit
Danio rerio
Danio rerio var. frankei
Danio roseus
Datnioides pulcher
Datnioides undecimradiatus
Dermogenys pusillus
Devario devario
Dianema urostriatum
Dimidiochromis Compressiceps

E:

Echidna rhodochilus
Eigenmannia virescens
Epalzeorhynchus frenatum
Epalzeorhynchus frenatus
Exodon paradoxus

F:

Fundulopanchax amieti
Fundulopanchax arnoldi
Fundulopanchax avichang
Fundulopanchax batesii
Fundulopanchax filamentosus

G:

Gambusia affinis
Gasteropelecus Sternicla
Garra pingi pingi
Gymnocorymbus socolofi
Gymnocorymbus ternetzi
Gymnorhamphichthys rondoni
Gymnothorax tile
Gymnotus carapo

H:

Hasemania nana
Hemibagrus wyckii
Hemigrammus bleheri
Hemmigrammus Caudovittatus
Hemigrammus erythrozonus
Hemigrammus pulcher
Hemigrammus rhodostomus
Hemiodopsis immaculatus
Hemiodopsis microlepis
Hemiodus gracilis
Heterandria formosa
Heros Severus
Hoplias malabaricus
Hoplosternum thoracatum
Hydrolycus scomberoides
Hyphessobrycon bentosi
Hyphessobrycon erythrostigma
Hyphessobrycon Flammeus
Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi
Hyphessobrycon Serpae
Hyphessobrycon socolofi

I:

J:

K:

L:

Labidochromis Caeruleus
Ladigesia roloffi
Laetacara dorsigera
Leiarius pictus
Leporinus fasciatus
Leporinus fasciatus fasciatus
Lophiosilurus alexandri

M:

Macrognathus aculeatus
Macropodus opercularis
Malapterurus electricus
Maylandia estherae
Metynnis argenteus
Metynnis fasciatus
Metynnis hypsauchen
Metynnis lippincottianus
Merodontotus tigrinus
Microgeophagus altispinosa
Microgeophagus ramirezi
Microrasbora rubescens
Mimagoniates lateralis
Morgurnda adspersa
Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae
Myleus rubripinnis
Myleus schomburgki
Mylossoma duriventre

N:

Neomacheilus triangularis
Nomorhamphus liemi
Notopterus notopterus

O:

Odontostilbe kriegi
Osteoglossum ferreirai
Otocinclus Affinis

P:

Panaque maccus
Pangio kuhlii
Pantodon buchholzi
Parachanna obscura
Parachanna africana
Paracheirodon axelrodi
Paracheirodon innesi
Parambassis ranga
Pareutropius buffei
Piaractus brachypomus
Pimelodus pictus
Pimelodus ornatus
Phenacogrammus interruptus
Phenacogrammus interruptus
Phractocephalus hemiliopterus
Poecilia latipinna Poecilia reticulata Polypterus delhezi
Polypterus ornatipinnis
Polycentrus schomburgkii
Polypterus senegalus senegalus
Potamotrygon henlei
Potamotrygon motoro
Potamotrygon ocellata
Potamotrygon orbignya
Potamotrygon leopoldi
Potamotrygon scobina
Protomelas Taeniolatus
Protopterus annectens annectens
Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum
Pseudepiplatys annulatus
Pseudotropheus demasoni
Pseudotropheus Socolofi
Puntius johorensis
Puntius tetrazona

Q:

R:

Rasbora borapetensis
Rasbora trilineata

S:

Scatophagus argus
Sciaenochromis ahli
Scleromystax barbatus
Schilbe mystus
Scleropages formosus
Scleropages jardinii
Semaprochilodus taeniurus
Serrasalmus brandti
Serrasalmus calmoni
Serrasalmus denticulatus
Serrasalmus eigenmanni
Serrasalmus elongatus
Serrasalmus geryi
Serrasalmus hollandi
Serrasalmus humeralis
Serrasalmus nattereri
Serrasalmus niger
Serrasalmus piraya
Serrasalmus rhombeus
Serrasalmus serrulatus
Serrasalmus spilopleura
Serrasalmus ternetzi
Sorubim Lima
Steatogenys elegans
Symphysodon aequifasciatus aequifasciatus
Symphysodon aequifasciatus axelrodi
Symphysodon aequifasciatus haraldi
Symphysodon discus discus
Symphysodon discus willischwartzi
Synodontis Nigriventris

T:

Tanichthys albonubes
Tetraodon biocellatus
Tetraodon cutcutia
Tetraodon duboisi
Tetraodon fluviatilis
Tetraodon lineatus
Tetraodon mbu
Tetraodon nigroviridis
Tetraodon pustulatus
Tetraodon suvatii
Thayeria boehlkei
Theraps wesseli
Thorichthys helleri
Thorichthys meeki
Thorichthys sp. 'mixteco gold'
Toxotes jaculatrix
Tramitichromis intermedius
Trichogaster chuna
Trichogaster leeri
Trichogaster labiosus
Trichogaster microlepis
Trichogaster pectoralis
Trichogaster trichopterus
Trichopsis pumilus
Trinectes maculatus
Tropheus duboisi

U:

V:

W:

X:

Xenentodon cancila
Xenentodon cancila
Xenomystus nigri
Xiphophorus alvarezi
Xiphophorus andersi
Xiphophorus bimaculatus
Xiphophorus birchmanni
Xiphophorus clemenciae
Xiphophorus continens
Xiphophorus cortezi
Xiphophorus couchianus
Xiphophorus evelynae
Xiphophorus gillii
Xiphophorus gordoni
Xiphophorus gracilis
Xiphophorus helleri
Xiphophorus kosszanderi
Xiphophorus Maculatus
Xiphophorus malinche
Xiphophorus mayae
Xiphophorus meyeri
Xiphophorus milleri
Xiphophorus montezumae
Xiphophorus monticolus
Xiphophorus multilineatus
Xiphophorus nezahualcoyotl
Xiphophorus nigrensis
Xiphophorus pygmaeus
Xiphophorus roseni
Xiphophorus signum
Xiphophorus xiphidium

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